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At least 15 people have been injured after a bomb exploded inside a restaurant in Mississauga, Ontario, near Toronto.
Police are seeking two men who are believed to have walked into the Bombay Bhel restaurant at around 10:30 p.m. on Thursday and detonated the device before fleeing.
Peel Regional Paramedic Services confirmed that at least 15 people were injured, with a 35-year-old man and two women, aged 62 and 48, taken to a Toronto trauma center in a critical condition. They remain in the hospital, but their condition has been upgraded to stable.
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The remaining 12 victims, aged between 23 and 69, were taken to local hospitals with minor injuries and have been released.
Rafael Conceicao, a student from São Paulo, Brazil, who was at the restaurant at the time of the blast, described the scene to CBC. "Glass was broken in the street. There was a child's birthday party. Everything was destroyed," he said. "Lots of blood on the floor. Many people were screaming. They were trying to run out from the restaurant."
Within a matter of hours, Peel Regional Police posted surveillance images of the suspects they want to find in connection with the blast.
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The first male is described as 5 feet 10 inches to 6 feet, stocky build, mid-20s, with light skin. He was wearing dark blue jeans, a dark zip-up hoodie pulled over his head and a baseball cap with light gray peak. His face was covered with black cloth material.
The second male is described as 5 feet 9 inches to 5 feet 10 inches, with fair skin, a thin build and wearing faded blue jeans, a dark zip-up hoodie pulled over his head, a gray T-shirt and dark-colored skate shoes.
A motive for the attack is unknown, and there has been no immediate claim of responsibility.
"Our thoughts and prayers go out to the victims and to their families. We know this is an extremely difficult time for them," said Peel Police Chief Jennifer Evans at a news conference the morning after the attack. "I want the community to know that every available police resource is being used to locate the people responsible for this horrendous act."
The bombing occurred one month after a driver plowed through a crowd of people in Toronto, killing 10 and injuring 15.
This story has been updated to include more information from the police.
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